McLaren and Honda remain optimistic of pulling themselves out of their early-season slump despite another grim weekend for the partnership in Russia. read more »

Far from being disheartened by the result, Mercedes is in fact 'happy' with its Russian Grand Prix pace... and it has high hopes for Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Valtteri Bottas is optimistic that the nature of the opening sequence of corners at the Sochi Autodrom can provide him with the chance to attack rivals Ferrari… read more »

Sergio Perez is confident Force India team principal Vijay Mallya will be attending F1 races again soon despite arrest. read more »

We are reasonably encouraged by the performance of the car in Bahrain, so we are optimistic for a strong race. read more »

Nico Hulkenberg heads to this weekend's Russian Grand Prix hopeful of keeping up the momentum that saw him score Renault's first points of 2017 in Bahrain. read more »

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has said he is "very optimistic" that Renault will provide an engine that is capable of competing with Ferrari and Mercedes. read more »

Renault chief technical officer Bob Bell has said the team "know what to do" in order to be more competitive in races this season. read more »

What does the future of Formula 1 hold? Notoriously, the championship pays great attention to the short-term, and trying to predict where it may be in the next decade might... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is optimistic the close Mercedes-Ferrari battle from the Australian GP sets up F1 2017 for a season of "exciting racing". read more »

Esteban Ocon is optimistic that he can make amends for a mistake on his final flying lap in Q2 to compete for points on his Force India debut at the Australian… read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr. is confident he can take a strong haul of points from this weekend's Australian Grand Prix, as he bids to improve on his previous two top 10… read more »

Daniel Ricciardo does not expect Red Bull to be on a par with Mercedes and Ferrari in Australia... but firmly believes it will be soon. read more »

Fernando Alonso admits McLaren are braced for a "difficult" weekend in Australia, although Honda are optimistic they have made progress with their engine. read more »

Mallaya is confident of a double points finish for Sahara Force India despite there being a lot of uncertainty regarding everybody's true pace. read more »

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier is not entirely optimistic that Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne will finish the season opener in Melbourne. read more »

Scuderia Toro Rosso says Renault has produced a strong engine for the 2017 F1 season... once it gets over its technical niggles. read more »

Renault's Jolyon Palmer is optimistic for the upcoming season after notable improvements made to the chassis. read more »

Franz Tost believes that once reliability issues have been solved on the STR12, Toro Rosso should be in a strong position heading into the 2017 season. read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne expressed his optimism as McLaren-Honda bounced back from a difficult first half of the opening pre-season test to add much-needed mileage to… read more »

Lewis Hamilton was consigned to the garage for the final day of testing thanks to an electrical issue, but the Brit remains confident ahead next weeks test session. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen is refusing to get carried away with the pace of the Ferrari in pre-season testing. The Finn has set the fastest time on both his days in the car and the third... read more »

McLaren-Honda Racing Director Eric Boullier is optimistic that the partnership can "turn the corner" after it unveiled its MCL32 during a ceremony at the… read more »

Force India Technical Director, Andrew Green, optimistic and eager to get going. read more »

Sauber tech boss Jorg Zander is optimistic the changes for 2017 can lead to better opportunities after launching the C36-Ferrari. read more »